Wednesday, November 29, 2006

I haven't been in a mood to stitch today, so I have done lots of other little odds & ends around the house. I got all of my Christmas cards done & actually in the mail. Now, you must know, this is way too early for me! Most people will get them tomorrow, and it will still be November. But, we are suppose to have winter weather tomorrow, so I guess the card will help them know Christmas is coming.

I also added lights to my snowmen on our porch. You can see the picture attached here. My DH made the snowmen & I painted it. It took us quite a while to do, but we got it done!!!!

Here is a dilemma we have!!!! Since we moved into our house, (3 yrs), we have used an artificial tree. Well, we want a real tree this year. (we always had a real tree!) Well, I went searching & guess what?!?!? We must have thrown away our tree stand. Oh no!!!!!! I guess I will have to go buy one before the weekend!!!!!

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

I have finished my 3rd of these cute little designs. This one went really quick! I used the sparkly white aida again & the floss I used is Carrie's Marlot. It is a reddish brown. Very pretty for a reindeer, I thought!! Now, I am back to my San Man SAL piece. I will do it tomorrow & then I think I am going to pull out a verse project that I had someone chart for me a while back. It is about time I get to it!!!

Monday, November 27, 2006

Well, I had a pretty productive weekend! We stayed away from the stores this year! We usually do the after Thanksgiving shopping thing, but this year, we stayed home!I started & finished another Christmas piece by JBW Designs. This is the first Christmas Motifs design. I used the white sparkly aida & the same NN floss on this one! I love how it turned out! I have another of her designs ready to start this morning! I hope to turn all of these into little pillows.

Also this weekend, I put my little stitching tree up in my craft room. The whole tree is filled with stitched ornaments. Most were done by myself, others my best friend made for me. Still others, my aunt made for me.

You will see that under the tree are lots of small gifts! One of the boards I am involved with is doing an advent exchange. We had someone's name & we were to get 24 small gifts for the 24 days of Dec., leading up to Christmas. We got something larger from their wish list for Christmas Day. JoAnn had my name & all of the gifts are there, waiting to be opened, one at a time. Oh my! Talk about hard!!!!!! But, I don't want to rush the season! I want to enjoy it!!

Saturday, November 25, 2006

And, since Christmas is coming, what better thing to stitch than a Christmas pattern! I decided yesterday to pull out my JBW Christmas Motif Sampler II pattern. I used 14 ct. sparkley aida & NN floss # 1511 for it. I love how it turned out & I THINK I am going to make it into a small pillow with buttons in the corners, like it is shown on the pattern! This was a quick, fun stitch!

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

I would really, really, really like to start adding friends blogs to my blog, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to do it! I looked thru all of the help questions & still cannot figure it out! Is there someone who can help me?!!? I would appreciate it so much!! Thanks & Happy Thanksgiving!

I sat down last evening, after supper & put together part tow of the mystery piece. I am loving this more & more as it goes along. This went together so quick. The large snowflake was the hardest for me. I love how the colors are looking! The blues pull out the blue in the fabric. The pictures do not do it justice at all. My DH described the fabric as spilled grape juice. I think that is a great description of it.

I probably will not post again before tomorrow, so I hope everyone that takes a look, will have a very Happy Thanksgiving. If you are traveling, be safe.

Monday, November 20, 2006

I was playing around on here on Friday morning & discovered that San Man was doing a mystery SAL, so of course, I had to go check it out! I love San Man stuff! Well, I signed up & got part one of the chart. I was anxious to get started & found what I thought was the perfect piece of fabric in my stash. Well, I couldn't see the holes, & rather than keep going & be very discouraged, I frogged it & began the search for a different piece. Well, I am happy to say, that I started & finished part one today. The picture doesn't really do the piece justice, but I LOVE how it looks!!!!!!

Friday, November 17, 2006

hello all! This has been a very long, rough week, but it is Friday! Woohoo!I have two pictures to add today. I received my final gift from the ILCS secret sister exchange on Wed. It was such a great pick me up! Mylene did a wonderful job as a SS:>) My final package included 3 charts from my wish list & a stitched gift. It is a little pin cushion with both of our names on the back & a cute stitched pincushion on the front.The other picture I want to add is my gift from the STO ornament SAL drawing. I won for the month of Oct. Jennifer put together a great gift!!!I just tried adding them & it said an error occured & only one was added. So, we shall see what happens! I want this to work so bad & I am struggling!!!I also want to add other people's blogs on my page & haven't been able to do that yet either. Bear with me! I will figure this out!!!!

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Thanks to everyone who has looked at & commented on my new blog & finishes. I am really going to enjoy this, I am certain. I hope to get some time today to add some more features to my blog. I also hope to finish the piece I am working on. But....I won't be able to show it for a while yet! That is the hard part! But, in due time, you will all get to see it!!! I hope everyone has a wonderful day today!!!!

Monday, November 13, 2006

I finished this piece last week & made the frame on Friday. I had a white frame on hand, but it had a blue heart & maroon designs on it. I repainted the frame white & added the snowflake buttons & tree buttons to make it look festive. The stitched piece is out of the Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue 2005. It is done on Sassy's snowflake fabric, using Carries floss. I just love how it turned out!

I have just added my first picture. This piece is called Give Thanks by Hinzeit. It is done on toffee evenweave by Sassysfabbys. It is a wonderful color fabric. I used needle necessities floss for the lettering & dmc for the remainder of the piece.

Hi all,I am giving this a try. I want to see if I am able to do such a thing! I enjoy reading others blogs, so I decided it was time to try myself! As I learn how to do it, I will be adding about my wonderful stitching hobby!

About Me

I have been stitching for over 25 years, but only seriously for the past 10 or so. I have really gotten serious since I joined some yahoo groups. The ladies are great at encouraging me to continue on & to try new things. I hope someday, that my stitched pieces will be a remembrance of me for those who end up with them!